Nothing wrong with LSV feels like home to me

And me itsatry.

Yes but Ian your easily pleased!

For me Hilton Park remains the place to remember fondly - LSV? give it time and maybe it to will be. (would be better if we as a club owned it - one day maybe - keep dreaming eh) must say the north stand concourse pictures help to make it 'feel more like home' so we are getting there slowly.

Just depends what's pleasing me Henry.

don't you mean 'who's'

Yes.

You cant compare yet.
When LSV has been packed v Wigan/Saints/Wire etc you can get a comparison, as now HP wins hands down.

You could go for half a dozen games at Hilton Park where tries were greeted only by applause, never mind cheering or even a chant or two - the LSV is a much better atmosphere for the run of the mill games, and we haven't really had that many big games yet to compare to the ones at HP. That said, the Widnes games, the Catalan game and even a couple of games during the 'relegation' season created a hell of a racket IMO.

I think people forget about the years of having 1500 spread about Hilton Park trying to keep warm.

As opposed to the 1500 spread about 2 stands at the LSV??



Maybe the North standers - especially if you are stood in among, or near, 'the choir' - get more of a sense of an atmosphere.....and, I suppose, having a roof on makes the accoustics different. So 500 in the North stand can make a noise louder than 2000 in the Chaddy end - 'cos that noise will resonate off the two empty stands as well - unlike HP were the noise didn't have much to bounce off....apart from the roof of the TS stand!!
I still think we can't compare the two until we see that full house (or at least a crowd big enough to open all four stands) in a game that really matters (and, no - I don't mean a one-sided England fixture!!).
If we can get past 'fax next weekend, and get the right home draw in the quarters - Saints, Wire, or the one everyone prays for.........Fev!!

- then we might see it this season. Or, who knows - maybe 'fax will sell 2,000 tickets, and we'll get a flavour of it sooner!!

i have vted, no comparison imo, hilton park will always be our spiritual home, had some magic and tragic times at the old place. however i am getting more used to lsv, especially as now i have my own reserved seat in the west stand

I like the reserved seats too. I like seeing the same old blokes sitting near us every week and starting to get some banter with them.

I was glad to leave Hilton Park , it was old and tired , for me the LSV , is the place to be , i love it easy to park , good views , modern surroundings ,away from the North Standers riff -raff



they know who they are , and easier to get to ,well if you are a motorist it is .

Can't really comment, as I only got to a handful of games at the LSV before I 'emigrated'. But HP was very dear to me, despite its many faults ....

Put the same fixtures, in the same scenario on at the LSV and I believe it would beat Hilton Park hands down. The accoustics for fan noise at LSV are awesome. I've heard small numbers make much more noise than they could have at Hilton Park.

Fact is, we haven't had too much to shout about at LSV yet. In time I hope we will.

Think that's pretty much what Matt was saying Michael, and i agree with both of you.

We all loved Hilton Park there's no doubt about that, but for the singing and the noise levels i think the LSV wins, and if the West Stand joined in with the singing as well it would be even better.

When HP was full, it had a great atmosphere. Sadly, over the last few years there it got less and less in the way of crowds, something we've carried over to LSV.

I don't honestly think you can make a comparison until we can half fill the ground in a big game. Then we'll see.

It's easy to look back at the big games, but as has been commented on, there were an awful lot of tiny crowds.

Agree with most of what Ni, Matt and Michael Ward are saying.

Think Sunday will be a cracking atmosphere though, hope there are a lot of Fax fans and it should be a cracker.

What I miss with the LSV is being able to change ends at half time. At HP it was great to always be behind the sticks Leigh were scoring at. In the North Stand now when Leigh are playing to the South the atmosphere is a lot more muted since it's difficult to see what is happening when play is at the far end.

Has to be Hilton Park for me so far, as we have had nothing at the LSV to compare to.

I'm sure one of the main factors in me first going watching Leigh was wondering 'where does that noise come from?' on a Sunday afternoon, as I used to live about a mile and half down the bypass, on the old train lines towards Atherton from Hilton Park in the early 90's, could always hear the cheer as a try went in if I was outside so far away.

I have too many memories of HP going back to the 70's to compare it with LSV. One of the things that will never leave me was the anticipation in the crowd every time Des Drummond got the ball and the sheer delight when he or Woody scored yet another world class try. As said earlier, put those scenarios in the LSV with 7 or 8000 on and it would be as good as HP if not better.

I miss changing ends too! Presume it would cost too much to open another stand though

The LSV sounded pretty good to me on Sunday. Can't remember that many singing since the days of the Railway End at HP.

Its always best for singing at away games.

Was great to see the West Stand bouncing along during extra time. Was a definite "hug a random person" moment after the drop goal as well.